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• Choosing an urban car 16 May 2003 (Forum)
  Opinions please: we're about to replace a 7 yr old VW with a reliable smallish car (wifes instruction) for use by wife and offspring, on mostly town and minor road work. Narrowed down on reliability and insurance cost grounds to new or nearly new Honda Civic 1.4, Jazz (1.4 of course) or Yaris
• New small car choice 27 Jan 2003 (Forum)
  My girlfriend is currently trying to decide what model of small car to buy, with a view to replacing it in three years when the warranty runs out. We were very impressed with the Micra and Yaris, but are a little concerned about depreciation. (Also looked at Clio, 206, Lupo, 106, Polo & Arosa. She
• The final raceday 5 Sep 2001 (Forum)
  to own only one set of tyres....slicks. The 12 year old and I attended the previous meeting (which was wet) and the RED CAR managed a grand total of 1/2 lap (out of 6?), constant wheel spinning. In the dry, all very different, RED CAR travels carefully round corner, being overtaken by Minis, RED CAR
• Honda CR-V - Suggested price for CR-V 2009 automatic 5 May 2024 (Forum)
  compressor clutch #Twice changed engine oil and filter #Changed air and cabin filter It's passed the MOT which is valid until April 2025, but has advisory that The last MOT advisory says: Front Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened. I think this quite normal for this 15 years old car, or am I wrong
• Vauxhall corsa S Ecoflex - Car turning just not starting 28 Jun 2020 (Forum)
  Hi, I'm having trouble with my corsa and hoping someone has been through something similar or can help in anyway through their experience and opinion. I've had the car 6 months, it's only 3 years old, 33k miles on the clock,it was serviced on April 2016 and I recently had an MOT in September
• Good Cheer 22 Nov 2001 (Forum)
  a fractured skull. I was sure the old fellow would never make it to the other side of the road when I struck him. I saw a slow-moving, sad-faced old gentleman as he bounced off the hood of my car. The indirect cause of the accident was a little guy in a small car with a big mouth. I was thrown from my car
• Which one for the chop ? ( or not...) 12 Nov 2008 (Forum)
  . Car 1- is a four year old Ford Ka mainly used by 'er indoors although I don't mind nicking it sometimes for town work. She commutes about 40 miles a day round trip and is quite fond of it but wouldn't mind a bigger car if that was the best solution. Car 2 - is a 6 year old Ford Mondeo 2.0 diesel Ghia
• Skoda Octavia vRS estate - Impressions after 2,000 miles 14 Jan 2014 (Forum)
  manual (red). Not (quite) as capricious as it sounds: I'm now doing between 10,000 and 15,000 miles a year rather than 20-25,000, and although the DSG works well and was totally reliable (wet-clutch), I always got the feeing that it was holding the car back just a bit. I did wonder during
• A nice wet Thursday night at auction... 21 Oct 2017 (Forum)
  if it's 12yrs old. The days of finding a nice clean 7-12yr old car with decent miles and a history at auction are largely past certainly up here anyway. I watched the usual dodgy Joe's bid strongly for any heavy mileage stock with one next to zero history 58plate 120,000 mile Fiesta diesel make the guts
• Best mid sized suv 26 Jan 2024 (Forum)
  We are very lucky that my wife has been told she can have a new company car in a few months. The main provisos are that it should be up to around £28k, up to 2 years old, and a petrol hybrid or plugin petrol hybrid. For us it has to have a good boot for two dogs and a good amount of leg
• Tesla - Any 24 Feb 2023 (Forum)
  Following on from my rant on Randoms topic about Chinese cars I had the opportunity to have a look under the skin of a Tesla today, with the under bonnet plastic tray removed I was shocked to see that all the inner panels where only painted in a really thin coat of primer. I know most
• When bagnernomics goes bad 27 Aug 2021 (Forum)
  I recall reading a thread here a while ago about people's best experiences with bangernomics. Buying an old jag for £6.50 and running it for 10 years then selling it on at a large profit etc. That was nice and reassuring to read, however my own experiences haven't been so good
• Perception of Battery Electric Vehicles in the UK 29 Jul 2021 (Forum)
  Hey everybody, I am studying for my master's degree and writing a research project on "Perception of Battery Electric Vehicles in the UK". I am currently conducting a questionnaire/survey on this subject and would kindly ask to fill it out. As there are a lot of car
• Mazda CX-30 - Scuffing on tyre edges 7 Jul 2021 (Forum)
  I have just noticed that there is what appears to be scuffing around the outside and inside edges/shoulders of all my tyres. There is a brown band around the tyres which I assume is caused by excess wear. The car is less than a year old and has only done 1700 miles. The tyres are Bridgestone
• Ford Fusion - Crash young driver what to do? 5 Apr 2021 (Forum)
  My son was manouvering into a parallel parking spot and when stationary he says another car driving along same road hit him on passenger door which won't now open. Name address driving licence insurance company exchanged but no phone numbers. Other driver has less than three year old car all taxed
• New Car Supply Shortages Update 10 Sep 2020 (Forum)
  Connect, none available, right had drive builds not scheduled to be built until 2021, likely delivery date of May 2021. In stock? Ranger, Ranger raptor (think it’s the same with some extra body kit), mustang, Tourneo Courier, Puma and last of the old shape Kuga. Very short supply Mondeo, Fiesta ST line
• Honest John's Motoring Agony Column 31-08-2019 21 Sep 2019 (Forum)
  HJ gets it right more often than not - apart from LHB (IMHO). Better than Which this month. I was at a friend's house & he swears by Which - I google for electrical reviews & read HJ for cars + other sites. Which Car "expert" answered a query form someone about an HRV - he dismissed the HRV
• Honda CRZ - Is it easy to change a battery 20 Feb 2019 (Forum)
  fitted isn’t much quality. It’s 7 years old. I use the car once a werk. Is there much difference between batteries available online? Soem crz owners have mentioned Yasusa brand? Is it easy to swap in a new battery without messing up things like radio codes, alarms? Or is it best left to the dealer
• Honda Civic D-tec - Honda 12 and 12+ service vs independent garage 11 Sep 2018 (Forum)
  It's time to get my 9th gen Civic serviced. I aquired the car a few months ago, it is 4 years old and has a full main dealer service history so far. Does anyone who is familar with the Honda 12 and 12+ think they are good value for money compared to taking the car to a local garage which
• Audi A1 Sportback - Audi 1.4TFSI from 2013 - cambelt or chain? 24 May 2018 (Forum)
  in the engine bay, etc?  Or is it only distinguishable by checking the VIN? If it's a cambelt, the car will be 5 years old this year so it will probably need doing if it hasn't been done ... and I guess if it's a camchain engine then he needs to check the service record to ensure it's had annual